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Sep 26, 2015 | 0 Comments
Home Tour Video Biography Video Starting in Winona MN we traveled south on US-61 with the sunlight sparkling on the waters of the Mississippi River to our left and clouds shrouding the tops of some of the bluffs on our right. We crossed the mighty river at...
Aug 26, 2015 | 1 Comment
Home Tour Video We routed ourselves through Georgetown OH to visit the home of the boy who would later lead Union forces to victory and lead the American people as the 18th President. Hiram Ulysses Grant was known as Ulysses or Lys during his youth. Through a clerical...
Aug 11, 2015 | 0 Comments
Ranger TalkCall Bell Restoration Ranger TalkTable We had the privilege today of visiting the home of the 8th President of the United States! Lindenwald, the home and farm estate of Martin Van Buren in the years following his presidency is located in his hometown...
Aug 4, 2015 | 0 Comments
See Park Video See History Talk Wow! American History come to life! Neither one of us knew much about Fort Necessity in southwestern Pennsylvania nor it's amazing role in American History. We came here to learn and learn we did. This was the site of the opening battle...
Sep 2, 2015 | 0 Comments
Biography Video What a delight! As we were visiting the Hayes Presidential Site we saw preparations for a concert on the lawn. Although it took a bit to overcome inertia and to leave our comfy little T@B and travel back into Fremont this evening, we're glad we did....
Aug 20, 2015 | 0 Comments
Biography Video Well this definitely wasn't planned, and doesn't really count as a visit to a presidential site but we discovered this morning that Grover Cleveland lived here in Fayetteville NY during his boyhood. He's the one who was elected in 1884, defeated by...
Aug 10, 2015 | 0 Comments
We spent the day immersed in the history of the fifth cousins Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. At the National Park we toured Springwood, his childhood and their marital home in a group of about fifty people. From there we were on our own to explore the stables, visit...
Sep 2, 2015 | 0 Comments
Home Tour Video This house at Spiegel Grove was home for a hundred years to five generations of the Hayes family. Built by his uncle in the 1860's, Rutherford B. Hayes and his wife Lucy enlarged it considerably in the years following his presidency. Visiting his home...
Aug 17, 2015 | 0 Comments
Childhood Home Video Franklin Pierce Biography Video He was the dark horse candidate in the 1852, this son of a tavern keeper in rural New Hampshire. He's still a bit of a dark horse in our national history. Most Americans, if they recognize Franklin Pierce as one of...
Aug 5, 2015 | 0 Comments
In search of a Geocache we walked from the campground along the bicycle path and across what was once a railroad bridge to the edge of the town of Confluence, Pennsylvania an area surveyed in 1754 by George Washington!
Planning a trip? Dreaming of travel? Perhaps some of our adventures could inspire yours! Over the last several years we’ve had the distinct pleasure of many cross country journeys traveling though the Lower 48 in tents and our various teardrop campers as well as an amazing Alaska adventure that did not involve a camper.
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Cuyahoga Valley NP - Ohio, National Parks, Ohio, States
Over a long weekend we sampled some of the myriad things to do in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, unique among national parks for it’s environmental reclamation, historic preservation, and recreational opportunities adjacent to the populous cities of Cleveland and Akron in northeastern Ohio. Can’t wait to return and explore more.
England, International, New York, States
Our journey from Portsmouth, England to our home in Ohio might have been accomplished in about sixteen hours but my avoiding air travel we were able to enjoy a fifteen day journey home via train, ship, Uber, train, as well as our own feet and finally our personal vehicle.
It’s been a fascinating two day visit to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. We managed to pack in tours of the HMS Warrior, the HMS Victory as well ast Victory Live: The
Big Repair, and finally the Mary Rose. All were incredibly informative and well presented.
